TEHRAN, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Tehran is ready to discuss renewed inspections by the United Nations nuclear watchdog if the UN Security Council halts its consideration of the Iranian nuclear file, the country's top nuclear negotiator said Thursday.

Iran insists that its controversial nuclear program is purely aimed at producing electricity, and denies international accusations that it is building an atom bomb.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, which is monitoring the program, handed Iran's nuclear file to the UN Security Council in February over Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment, and its restrictions on IAEA inspectors.

"As soon as the IAEA resumes its consideration of the Iranian nuclear program, we will be able to discuss expanding the agency's inspections," Ali Larijani told journalists.

He said Iran's parliament had ordered to cancel IAEA sudden inspections of the country's nuclear facilities and to reduce the number of other inspections when the Iranian nuclear file was transferred to the UN Security Council.

Three European states (France, Germany and Britain) have proposed a new draft UN resolution on sanctions against Iran, which includes banning the sale of missile and nuclear technologies to the country, freezing Tehran's military bank accounts, and imposing visa restrictions on officials linked to the nuclear industry.

Russia, which is building a $1 billion nuclear power plant in southern Iran, supports Tehran's drive for nuclear power, and wants the sanctions softened.